For what it's worth, I've been told that buffer clearing times might be a little bit shorter with Sony's own MemorySticks...Sony may have optimised it a little more for MemorySticks instead of SD. Don't think I'll invest in MemorySticks though...

From what I understand, in Sports or Action photography a "second" is a lifetime and every Pro will get "the shot" that is required, any more time than that and they will count on the videographer for a prolonged action scene.
If a single action photo is required you should use shutter priority not a burst mode anyway, using Raw format.
Another interesting fact is that the vast majority of professional sport photogs use jpeg format exclusively, as it saves space, time, and has a fast pp turnaround.

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Joris - that wouldn't surprise me at all, given the same is true with the NEX3. I initially used an SD card - a good fast 10x one - and found the 7fps burst clogged up quickly after around maybe 8-10 frames, it slowed. I happened to be wanting another MS Duo card anyway, moving the SD to my A550's second slot, so I bought the MS Duo HG HX card, purported to be their fastest - same price as the SD card. The 7fps burst runs for 25-30 frames before slowing. It is unquestionably faster in the NEX.

Apart from the buffer thing, I'm really wondering how the EVF performs in low light situations. All the other EVFs that I've tried in bridge cameras were awful. With all that noise just right into your eye, manual focusing was not a pleasing experience at all.
I'm really looking forward to reading Gordon's review of this camera.

Ah! So the problem is not the size of the buffer but how much you can crop? hehehehehehehe

I am sorry people... but this makes no sense... in a couple of years we will be discussing the buffer size of a 138MPx camera that can only take 30 pics in a second and then the buffer gets full if using full resolution! And ofc... we NEED 138MPx to publish 720px photos on Facebook and other photo sites!

Can we get a grip here? Please?
Anyone knows if the buffer gets full if you reduce the resolution to 12MPx?
and I bet that it is more that enough 99.9% of the times